New York's Tea-Party Rematch

By

Alexander Heffner

July 27, 2012 10:42 p.m. ET

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle narrowly won her seat in 2010 with the aid of people like Joanne Wilder, a tea-party activist who helped organize a feisty campaign against the Democratic incumbent.

This year, Ms. Wilder, a coordinator for the Central New York Patriots, said she doesn't feel the same level of enthusiasm in this district stretching across Syracuse and the surrounding area. "2010 was a different year,"...